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Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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Life In Your Way — Ignite and Rebuild Buy it at Amazon
Fortunately there was Shai Hulud to influence a slew of upcoming hardcore acts so that future generation won’t dismiss screamo/hardcore/metalcore as some corporate whore-fest that offers nothing new and dynamic. So when Connecticut’s Life In Your Way emerged in ’03 with their magnificent debut “The Sun Rise and the Sun Sets and Still Our Time Is Endless” on Indianola Records heads snapped into attention. We’ve all been waiting for the follow-up and here it is. After recording again at Zing Studios, which boasts appearances of Norma Jean, Killswitch Engage, and Unearth among others, Life In Your Way shined up expectations with a more definite hard look at hardcore’s pit frenzies and sing-a-longs but packaged with a brilliant knack for mastering divergent attitudes and putting them all to tape. If you’re not excited by this release you have no pulse.
- J-Sin
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